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basketball

noun as in team sport

Strongest match

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You used to play basketball before your shows.

After a debut season spent finding his bearings at USC, the fiery coach made it clear he felt he and his staff didn’t do enough to promote the Trojans basketball program.

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For 35 years, he has been working as a football, basketball and baseball official for both the City Section and Southern Section.

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He dominates the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night at Rogers Center, and he’s to baseball what Michael Jordan is to basketball, what Tom Brady is to football, what Wayne Gretzky is to hockey.

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During that span, the Tigers won two national titles in baseball and one each in football, women’s basketball and gymnastics.

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